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15106 [lbo-talk] Comments on Cybermarx? -- rank: 1000

Julian Gollop wrote: >I would argue that open source software is a great example of a common >property which uses capitalist property laws to make sure it remains common >(the GNU license). Some anarchists would actually argue that it isn't 'free' >enough according to their tastes. There are various 'free-er' alternatives >to the GNU license, but the real genius of the GNU license is that it >compels users or modifiers of code to distribute products with source code >include ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 27 06:13:07 PST 2006

15107 [lbo-talk] Happy Birthday Mozart -- rank: 1000

Colin Brace wrote: >On 1/27/06, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > >> For those of you who don't know his music, the chamber music and the >> operas are extraordinarily beautiful. The piano concertos are cool too. >> > >Ah... the clarinet and string quintets, the Requiem... the list goes >on. Then of course there is Don Giovanni, my favorite of all operas. > >Of course, certain listers may find his music _too melodic_ ;) Yeah, it's one st ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 27 06:11:17 PST 2006

15108 [lbo-talk] Oxford Union forum: Was 911 a Conspiracy? -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >Annie Machon said that from her personal knowledge of how the spy world >works it was absolutely possible that 911 was an inside job, the influence >of MI5 in Fleet Street was far greater than most people realised and the >penetration of the political world, particularly left wing groups, was very >thorough. This might explain why the media and most political leaders had >been convinced the official 911 story was true. Busted. Just days after 9/11, an MI5 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 27 06:09:00 PST 2006

15109 [lbo-talk] Old Farts (was Lumpen) -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >I just found this gem: >Sam Graham-Felsen, "The New Face of the Campus Left," 13 Feb 06, ><http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20060213&s=grahamfelsen>. > >I recommend it to both Doug and Wojtek: to Wojtek, so he can see >what young Democrats stand for (the choice quote: "We've tried very >hard, without compromising what we stand for, to make sure that we >are serious about progressive values, and that we believe in ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 26 15:42:19 PST 2006

15110 [lbo-talk] Lumpen -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >its in-your-face shock value Woj, are you aware of how often you just sound like a grumpy old fart? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 26 12:30:06 PST 2006

15111 [lbo-talk] Teixeira on values -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >The second phenomenon is cultural elitism of a big part of the "Democratic >side" - which is manifested inter alia by focus on exotic experiences >instead of mundane "bread and butter" issues and by the "noble savage" >paternalism toward lower social strata. That is to say, much of the >economic struggles of the "middle class" to maintain their standards of >living became boring and "bourgeois," - the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 26 12:08:07 PST 2006

15112 [lbo-talk] Re: provocative profile -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >There was a radio show in the '40s which involved speaking to people >with a hidden microphone. I don't remember the title, but this thread >reminded me of one fragment of one show. The announcer went into stores >and asked if they had scruples. Without exception the store >managers/owners (a) pretended to understand the word (b) said they did >not have any. The late Spy magazine once phoned a bunch of Congresspersons and asked what they thought of the crisis ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 26 11:47:57 PST 2006

15113 [lbo-talk] popbitch links to Norm Geras -- rank: 1000

Oddest link I've seen in some time: At 11:56 AM +0000 1/26/06, popbitch wrote: > Some writers (including popbitch) on other writers: >http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2005/08/writers_choice__2.html Any guesses on which one is popbitch? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 26 11:24:12 PST 2006

15114 [lbo-talk] frosh drink less beer, have better politics -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - January 26, 2006 Record Share of College Freshmen Plan to Volunteer, and Their Political Involvement Is Up, Survey Finds By ERIC HOOVER Washington Two out of three college freshmen say it is essential or very important to help others who are in difficulty, the highest percentage in a quarter-century, and a record number -- 83 percent -- say they volunteered at least occasionally during their senior year of high school. Those are among the findings of ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 26 06:53:57 PST 2006

15115 [lbo-talk] right-winger asks: Air America on the ropes? -- rank: 1000

[On the O'Reilly show tonight, Maloney said that Real Networks mogul Rob Glaser is writing the checks that keep AA afloat. Soros is out. AA pays six and seven figures, they say, to be on major market radio stations - $2.5m in NYC - the reverse of standard radio practice, which is that stations pay for content. Dunno if it's true, but if it is - good news for Pacifica!] <http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/> Did Al Franken's Outrageous Demands Slow Boys & Girls Club Repayment? FRANKEN FI ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 25 21:33:06 PST 2006

15116 [lbo-talk] Liberalism vs socialism -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >Carrol's right - you're fighting over a word, not the underlying >concepts. You & Justin mean different things by "liberalism." > >Doug > >^^^^^ >CB: Any thoughts on what the underlying concepts are ? That's between the two of you. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 25 19:22:59 PST 2006

15117 [lbo-talk] Meth and Monopoly -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >According to standard economics, once prices go up too much, then >the demand goes down, bringing down the prices eventually. Is >there an equilibrium price in the drug market? How do you specify a jones econometrically? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 25 19:22:28 PST 2006

15118 [lbo-talk] Teixeira on values -- rank: 1000

Ruy Teixeira comments on the Nordhaus/Shellenberger research, and Franke-Ruta's American Prospect article, in his weekly newsletter: <http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=NC&pubid=1197#values>. ---- Values to the Left of Me, Values to the Right of Me, and Nary a Strategy in Sight Sometimes I think there are more values than voters out there. At least one might be forgiven this thought, given all the head-scratching about values taking place in progressive circles and the many, many nominee ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 25 13:38:17 PST 2006

15119 [lbo-talk] Meth and Monopoly (was Lumpen) -- rank: 1000

Dennis Claxton wrote: >Jim wrote: > >>After all, monopoly prices discourage people from using meth. > > >Is this an assumption? We don't have data to make this kind of >finding do we? No, but raising the price of cigs to $7.50 a pack has really cut back on smoking in NYC. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 25 13:32:39 PST 2006

15120 [lbo-talk] a provocatory profile -- rank: 1000

New York Observer - January 30, 2006 Baron Franchetti Gets Ready 29-Year-Old Beauty Boy Brings Own Bread to Bernardin, Wants to Teach Manners By: Lizzy Ratner At an appropriately sophisticated hour on a recent Tuesday evening, 29-year-old Cody Franchetti relaxed at his table at the four-star restaurant Le Bernardin, explaining what it means to be an Italian aristocrat in 21st-century New York. In honor of the occasion, but mostly because the restaurant required it, Baron Franchetti-whose family ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 25 09:26:16 PST 2006